Switching Gravel

**Poseidon** · 03-24-2002, 12:20 PM

Any ideas, I'm going to take out the Puca Shell substrate and put in Aragonite.... I have a 55 and 80 + lbs of LR and mostly soft corals the tank has been set up for 2 years and I know I don't want to lose all the critters in my current gravel. Any Ideas will be most helpful !!!

Thanks, Mike

**SPasse** · 03-24-2002, 01:25 PM

Poseidon,

Don’t worry about losing critters from your current gravel.

You just need enough to seed your new bed.

Then you grow your sand bed fauna by feeding is.

Some kits from Indo Pacific Sea Farms and/or Island aquatics are also highly recommended.

http://ipsf.com/

http://www.inlandaquatics.com/

I talk about setting up DSBs on my WEB site.

Regards,

Scott

**Poseidon** · 03-24-2002, 08:06 PM

thanks for the reply, I ended up taking out about halh the old and putting in 90lbs on aragamax sand right on top... now i have a deep sand bed .... Now What ? Is a DSB a self starting Nitrate Filter? if not what do I use to seed it ?

Thanks again, Mike

03-24-2002, 12:20 PM	#1
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,539	Switching Gravel Any ideas, I'm going to take out the Puca Shell substrate and put in Aragonite.... I have a 55 and 80 + lbs of LR and mostly soft corals the tank has been set up for 2 years and I know I don't want to lose all the critters in my current gravel. Any Ideas will be most helpful !!! Thanks, Mike

03-24-2002, 01:25 PM	#2
SPasse Moderator Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Forney Texas USA Posts: 2,304	Poseidon, Don’t worry about losing critters from your current gravel. You just need enough to seed your new bed. Then you grow your sand bed fauna by feeding is. Some kits from Indo Pacific Sea Farms and/or Island aquatics are also highly recommended. http://ipsf.com/ http://www.inlandaquatics.com/ I talk about setting up DSBs on my WEB site. Regards, Scott __________________ Founding Member – Rocky Mountain Reef Club You can see my former reeftank at http://www.sdpasse.com

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03-24-2002, 08:06 PM	#3
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,539	thanks for the reply, I ended up taking out about halh the old and putting in 90lbs on aragamax sand right on top... now i have a deep sand bed .... Now What ? Is a DSB a self starting Nitrate Filter? if not what do I use to seed it ? Thanks again, Mike

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